In the early morning hours of October 26, 2017, 30-year-old Eddie Wanamaker of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was shot inside The Clubhouse bar in the Hornerstown section of the city after a physical altercation. Witnesses heard at least one gunshot and Wanamaker collapsed; the Cambria County Coroner pronounced him dead at the scene.

The shooter fled on foot but was identified through surveillance footage from inside the bar and arrested. The suspect, 29-year-old Nijan Joiner of Johnstown, faced charges of homicide, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm.

The incident exposed a pattern of violence and disorder at The Clubhouse; the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board warned the owner and later revoked the bar’s liquor license, and the establishment was closed permanently.